Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-13
aHOCH DIE ANARCHIE. "
Louis Lingg's Farewell Address to His
Friends, Written at their Request.
The TrreeOneilable Closes a
Sensational Letter
With the sentirn emit, s'LoDg Live Anarchy
He R.c.tss h1s Grievances Literally
but is Silent on the Matter
> of Bombs.
Chicago Inter Ocean.


scriblpg the finding of the bombs in the
cell of Lingg in the county +il, and the
removal of the prisoners to new quarters,
1 mentioned that LiDgg "refused to say
word, looked wise, and passed the day In
writing" The sheriff resolved when he
had sized up the import of the presence
of the four deadly gas pipe and dynamite
destroyers, that herceforth there should
be no surreptitious communication what
soever between the condemned anar-
chists and the outer world.
Especially WAS Lingg 70 come under the
ban OF extreme pr, caution. The order
WAS passed that everything going to the
handsome young enthusiast should De
rigidly inspected, and thst he should De
denied the privilege of sending out writ
ten communications. Much speculation
existed as TO what Lingg wrote when ne
passed the greater portion Of Sunday at
his little table actively engaged in spread
ing ink on paper. The j4ilors wondered
and oueried. Argus eyes followed every
movement of the much-feared maker OF
bombs and disappointment ensued be-
cause the anticipated attempt to send out
letter did not occur.
BUT IT DID OCCUR
and the attempt was q success.
This morning Sheriff Matson thought
he would make sure and another raid on
LIngg and his fellow incsrcerates took
place. Nothing whatever was found to
disturb the peace serene OF the dismal
1ail or to afford the newspapers SEN
sation.
The lette. had flown, so to speak, and
| it was safe in the pocket OF the Herald
correspondent.
| Lingg had previously promised to write
g farewell to his brother communists.
| The medium Of publication was planned
! to be through the columns OF the newly
revived Alarm, the newspaper once puo-
| Iished By Parsons, and now on its rather
tottering feet again, through the efforts OF
the International Society. But the Alarm
will not be issued this week for obvious
reasons. The old Alarm paper, type and
! furniture WAS literally thrown into the
street during the exciting daYs IolIoWlpg
the HaYmarket massacre. Edlior sno
composiGor5 are expecting visitation
from the police and there will be no
paper On Saturday. Upward OF SOU
COPIES Of last weeks issue were selZ q
at the postoffice yesterday and are held by
the postmaster.
AS result of the temporary suspen-
sion of the Alarm l secured Lingg's letter
late this evening. It is in German and
hssty translation was made under dIfn-
culties. Lingg is g. well educated man
in the literature Of his fatherland. His
! manuscript is rich ia idioms, olflcu5 TO
Anglicise, and the leeting hours passed
rapidly as the translation worried along
THE LETTER IS HIGHLY INTERESTING.
It's practically voice from the dead,
for the author did not al
ticipate that 1t would reach the
pubhc's eye until he was laid low
by the hapgmsn's moose. TIE singular
characteristics OF the man are evInced oY
his farewell address. o. his sincerity, o!
his devotion to principle, erroneous
though the ysstfhSj ority OF mankind may
! deem it, there can be no nCubt, and the
Judgment Of his character previously ex-
5ressed in this CORES pOndence is con-
4 trmed.
Lingg evidently Intended to relate more
Of his experiences during the search OF
his cell on Sunday, but he speedily
brsnched eff from the subject of his pres
ept awful position and launched out on q
FORMULATION Of his revolutionary princi
pIes. Can any one doubt the sincerity Q!
!
though we may ell regard him9
COOK COUNTY JAIL. Nov. 6, 1sSf
To Worthy Citizen. ~
You babe me yesterday to write you
letter which you could put in the Alarm
Now | think O review of the experience;
that have gone through to-day and my
views in regard to the same will be just
What you want.
Wei, to-day is Sunday. On this day
we so-cslled terminals" usually sit IN
disturbed in our cells. We, to shorter
what would otherwise be long day, go
DID very late. Thus il happened that at
o'clock this morning still rested in the
arms of Morpheus. Suddenly the lock O
nv cell began to rattle. AS l raised M
hard TO rub the sleep from mine eyes
realized that another hand had taken holt
of nine. beheld two minions of the laV
standing before me, who, despite the fac
that like Grinnell have enmity for n'
one, and that have done nothing to jus
tify such treatment, seized me in les:
time than it takes &c describe and before
knew what had happened l found my
self outside my cell. Lucky for me there
were no ladies about to see me, becaust
WAS, OWNS to the suddenness OF m.
exit, but scantily clothed. Next oeheld
our faithful guardian friend Eagel, Wh'
in view Of his then condition WAS looked
upon as less dangerous than myself, an'
who in fact was asked if he would not Of
SO kind and condescending, il it were
possible for him to do so, to step int
the lawyers. Here We all had splenQat
chance to
SIZE THEM RANSACK CUR CELLS,
and first throw everything out snd tae1
toss them back again. Finding nothini
they quickly provided other cells for q
on the ground floor and arranged then
for our occupancy. At IL O'Clock we tcol
possession of them, and st the same tim
citizens Parsons and Fischer also becsm
tenants of our row by Spies, SchWsb, an
Fielden. Myself was situated in q com
psrtment shut IF from the rest OF tn
i.il by iron bars. In this enclosure depu
ties were stationed for the purpose @
both preventing US from seeing GU
friends and from receiving packages f-of
them. Friends Fischer, Engel and Par
sons were put in cells on the same tie
but outside the enclosure I have spokel
of. hut still situated so that they coul
have no communication with the prisoner
in the Jail. Spies, Sciwsb, and Fielder
were returned to their OLD cells.
You have, my dear friend, already see
how Eli this, which was no doubt don
= h1or o grand display, was described Q
ISour less faithful colleagues IN the tesa
3 ing daily papers. By the dim light wHlc
stole into nv new cell read the usu'
Sundays rot in the Fackel. L see 70